Romney hangs with Killers frontman

Mitt Romney may seem like the ultimate square, but he reportedly had a pretty hip encounter in Las Vegas on Tuesday: a lunch with Brandon Flowers, the eyeliner-wearing frontman of The Killers.

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The meeting was tweeted by Las Vegas Review-Journal gossip columnist Norm Clarke. A Romney representative did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation.

Romney was in Nevada, an early caucus state, Monday and Tuesday to speak at a national convention and meet with local GOP bigwigs.

Flowers, 29, a Nevada native and fellow practicing Mormon, sings and plays keyboard for the power-pop-rock quartet that had its biggest success with its debut album, 2004's Hot Fuss, which sold more than 7 million copies worldwide.

Flowers, who released a solo album in 2010, backed Sen. Harry Reid in the Democrat's 2010 reelection battle. The band played the state song, "Home Means Nevada," at a Reid campaign rally.